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Education

First Amendment Wheel Doesn’t Stop Spinning: What Risk Managers Need to Know for the New School Year

As the school year begins, a heightened focus has been placed on schools both nationally...

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Education

U.S. Supreme Court Okays Religious School Tuition Vouchers: Gives Official “Thumbs Up” to Florida’s School Choice Laws

Earlier this summer, the U.S. Supreme Court found that Maine’s tuition assistance program violated the...

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Government and Administrative

Freely Flying Flags Can Lead to Flagrant Free Speech Fouls

While it is axiomatic that when the government speaks, it speaks only for itself; however,...

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Government and Administrative

Ding Dong! Lemon’s Dead: SCOTUS Clarifies Establishment Clause

Well that didn’t take long. Fresh off the Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision in Kennedy...

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Commercial Litigation

Eleventh Circuit Reiterates Availability of Postjudgment Rule 11 Sanctions

The Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently reversed a district court’s denial of...

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Education

Second DCA Finds School Board Investigative Communications Not Entitled to Attorney-Client Privilege: Provides Lifeline to District Employees

In a recent decision, the Second District Court of Appeal (“Second DCA”) reiterated what is,...

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Employment and Labor

SCOTUS Rejects OSHA “Vax or Test” Rule, But Allows Narrower Healthcare Mandate

On January 13, 2022, the Supreme Court issued rulings in two consequential cases involving COVID-19...

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Employment and Labor

Governor DeSantis Signs New COVID-19 Related Laws that Have Immediate Effect in Florida

As all are keenly aware, the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects have “had far-reaching effects,”...

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Education

Cursing Cheerleader Wins at Supreme Court, but Schools Retain Ability to Punish Certain Off-Campus Speech

In the colorfully known “cursing cheerleader” case, the U.S. Supreme Court found a student’s school...

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Education

Justices Show Little Spirit for Expanding Tinker: SCOTUS Wrestles with Appropriate Standard for Regulating Off-Campus Student Speech

In 1969, the Supreme Court recognized both that students do not surrender their First Amendment...

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